Introduction
Mary D. Guthridge.
Mary D. “Mame” Guthridge was born in Pennsylvania in 1869. She married Thomas Guthridge at 19. He was a son of John Guthridge. The Guthridge family lived at 427 Walnut Street at the time of the 1880 Census and through the compilation of the 1890–1891 Camden City Directory. They later moved en masse to 422 Walnut Street.
Thomas Guthridge served as a police officer in Camden during the 1900s and 1910s. Brother-in-law William Guthridge worked for the State of New Jersey as a Fish and Game Warden.
Thomas and Mary Guthridge made their home at 759 Mount Vernon Street. Thomas Guthridge died on January 26, 1918. Mary Guthridge was still at that address in April of 1930.
Active in local politics, Mary Guthridge served on the Camden County Board of Freeholders from Camden’s 7th Ward. She was the first woman to take a seat as a Camden County Freeholder, joining that body in 1930 and serving through at least 1931. By 1940 she had moved to 1012 Division Street, where she lived with her daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Schuck and grandson Charles A. Schuck when the Census was enumerated in 1940.
Mary Guthridge last resided at 1012 Division Street. She passed away at the county hospital at Lakeland on July 7, 1942 and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Three-Cornered Fights in Freeholder Contest
Camden Courier-Post —
Clementon and Delaware Township to Have Bitter Battles
38 TO BE ELECTED IN COUNTY, NOV. 3
6 Additional Offices Created by Law; Candidates Listed
Three-cornered battles in Clementon and Delaware township will mark freeholder contests at the November 3 election. Ballots will be casts for an entire new board of freeholders, with 38 to be elected.
Boroughs to have freeholders representation for the first time as a result of recent legislation are Clementon, Lindenwold, Oaklyn, Woodlynne, Mt. Ephraim and Runnemede.
Rivals in the three-cornered fight in Clementon are Theodore W. Gibbs, Republican Organization nominee; Frank C. Somers, running as a Republican Independent, and Herbert P. McAdams, the Democratic nominee.
The triangular race in Delaware township finds Frank N. Walton, Republican Organization; J. Watson Matlack, Republican Independent, and Augustus A. Cornet, Democrat, as the contestants.
Nine members of the present board of freeholders will not be on the ballot for re-election. All are Republicans. They are Benjamin W. Sykes, Eighth Ward; Joseph Tarpine, First Ward, Gloucester; Philip Stohlbergel, Audubon; Joseph H. Van Meter, Collingswood; William J. Dallas, Haddon Heights; James W. Davis, Clementon; Charles C. Durges, Haddon township; Theodore Schleinkofer, Waterford township, and William A. Robinson, Winslow.
Joseph Bennie, Third Ward, Camden, is the only Democratic member on the present board. He is seeking a re-election and is opposed by Daniel Auletto, Republican nominee.
Candidates listed on the ballots in the various wards and municipalities follow:
Camden Wards
First Ward—Samuel D. Payne, R.; Thomas J. Kittel, D.
Second—William H. Heiser, R.; William Kunitz, D.
Third—Daniel Auletto, R.; Joseph Bennie, D.
Fourth—William L. Roberts, R.; Nicholas A. La Marra, D.
Fifth—C. Leonard Brehm, R.; Leon Perozzi, D.
Sixth—Harry J. Burrichter, R.; A. W. Lazro, D.
Seventh—Mrs. Mary D. Guthridge, R.; Theodore Buczkowski, D.
Eighth—Walter Sekula, R.; George S. W. Spaide.
Ninth—Francis B. Bodine, R.; S. V. Waddy, D.
Tenth—Samuel J. Edwards, R.; Edward J. Fox, Sr., D.
Eleventh—Howard Firth, R.; Charles T. Johnston, D.
Twelfth—John T. Rodan, R.; Wilbert H. Joslin, D.
Thirteenth—William P. Cotter, R.; Frank E. Zimmerman, D.
Fourteenth—Charles H. Genther, R.; George E. Brunner, D.
Haines and Reinert Head G.O.P.; Madden To Lead Democrats
Camden Courier-Post —
Named: Joshua C. Haines, Isabella C. Reinert, Elizabeth C. Verga, David Baird Jr., Walter Keown, Frank B. Hanna, Etta C. Pfrommer, Howard B. Dyer, William D. Sayrs Jr., Lottie B. Stinson, Anna G. Holl, Margaret Wermuth, Carlton M. “Cy” Harris, J.C. Remington, Charles A. Wolverton, Carl Kisselman, Edward Deibert, L. Scott Cherchesky, William E.A. King, J. Claud Simon, T. Phillips Brown, J.H. Reiners, Rocco Palese, Morris Praissman, George R. Pelouze, Albert S. Woodruff, Clay W. Reesman, William Wimer, Horace G. Githens, J. Wesley Sell, A.C. Middleton, Robert Brennan, Marie Mackintosh, William H. Heiser, Mary McCready, James Corea, Susie Marchiano, James E. Tatem, Mary A. Ivins, Martin A. McNulty, Madeline Salvatore, Howard B. Dyer, Mary S. Hartung, Edward A. Kemble, Mary D. Guthridge, Edmund A. Walsh, Mamie F. Piraine, Edward Holloway, Deborah Schuck, Henry I. Haines, Lillian M. Walker, Horace B. Beideman, Etta C. Pfrommer, Carlton M. Harris, Mary E. Hamel, Henry Knauer, Louella I. Whaland, Jesse M. Donaghy, and Lottie B. Stinson.
‘Mame’ Guthridge Dies After Illness
Camden Courier-Post —
First Woman Member of Freeholders Board Long Active in Politics
Mrs. Mary D. “Mame” Guthridge, 73, first woman member of the Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders and long active in Republican politics, died Tuesday night in Lakeland hospital.
Mrs. Guthridge, who lived at 1012 Division street, had been ill for several years and had been in the hospital two weeks.
Born in Camden, she lived in this city all of her life. She was the widow of Thomas Guthridge, a Camden policeman.
For many years Mrs. Guthridge was Republican county committeewoman of the ward. She was at one time file clerk in the State Senate.
She became a member of the old board of freeholders by appointment to fill out an unexpired term to represent the Seventh ward. As a member of the board she was active in the construction of the addition to the county mental hospital at Lakeland.
Politics was a hobby with “Mame,” as she was known by many. She was a close friend of many Republican leaders, including the late U. S. Sen. David Baird.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Mary McEmoyl and Mrs. Deborah Schuck, both of Camden; a granddaughter, Mrs. Mary King; a grandson, Charles Schuck; her stepmother, Mrs. Mary A. Davis; two sisters, Mrs. Anna D. Spooner and Mrs. Catherine Croisette, both of Camden, and a stepsister, Mrs. Elizabeth G. Davis.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a. m. Saturday in a funeral home at 1458 Mt. Ephraim avenue. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.